Dictionary

even so en · ADV

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) In spite of that (preceding a remark (or fact) within a given discourse).
   • "Why not? What's wrong with rabbits? Are they any worse than a neurotic, revolutionary humanity, full of nervous hate?" "But we're not rabbits, even so," said Hammond. 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 4, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020:
   • The colors are a bit bright. Even so, I love this room's design.
   • But reform legislation enacted in 2010 . . . created a system of subsidies to help families pay for coverage. Even so, insurance doesn’t come cheap. 2009 December 25, Paul Krugman, “Tidings of Comfort”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Oct 2015:
   • [T]he American Airlines pilots union softened its stand and offered to accept lower wages for flying smaller "regional jets." Even so, airline management rejected the offer. 1997 February 13, Scot Woods, “The Not-So Friendly Skies”, in Time, retrieved 27 Oct 2015:
2. (archaic, not-comparable) Exactly thus: in exactly such a manner (as said or surmised); of precisely such a nature; precisely so.
   • —You don't mean to tell me that you're the very man whom they've been seeking? —Even so. 'Tis I.
   • Pistol: Trail'st thou the puissant pike? King Henry V: Even so. What are you? 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
   • "I am thankful that […] no syllable of rude verse has ever profaned my lips." "You have, then, limited your efforts to sacred song?" "Even so. As the psalms of David exceed all other language, so does the psalmody that has been fitted to them by the divines and sages of the land, surpass all vain poetry. Happily, I may say, that I utter nothing but the thoughts and the wishes of the King of Israel himself […]" 1826, [James Fenimore Cooper], chapter 2, in The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757. […], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea— […], →OCLC, page 25:
   • He may be thought inconsistent, and even so he is. 1857, Herman Melville, chapter 14, in The Confidence Man:
   • Near-synonym: just so
   • What a strange thing, I mused, was this smoking, that takes a man suddenly, be he in the court, the camp, or the grove, grips him like an Afreet, and whirls him off to do its imperious behests! Would it be even so with myself, I wondered, in those unknown grown-up years to come? 1895, Kenneth Grahame, chapter 13, in The Golden Age:
   • "Hester! Hester Prynne!", said he; "is it thou? Art thou in life?" "Even so," she answered. 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 17, in The Scarlet Letter:

Forms

Coordinates

yet · though · even though · although

Synonyms

having said that · that being said · be that as it may · anyhow · that said · notwithstanding · just so · maugre · though · nevertheless · nonetheless · be it as it may · that said · having said that · but · nevertheless · all the same · nonetheless · even so · however · still and all · all that said · all that said · withal · still · just the same · yet · howbeit · be that as it may · natheless · still

Translations (34)

nl toch (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · cmn 雖然如此 /虽然如此 (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · fi siitä huolimatta (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · pt mesmo assim (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · tr yine de (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · el εντούτιος (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · ru несмотря́ на э́то (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · nl zelfs dan (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · nl desondanks (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · ta இருந்தாலும் (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · ta ஆனாலும் (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · he בְּכָל זֹאת (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · ga mar sin féin (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · ca tot i això (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · tl kahit (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · pt ainda assim (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · pam agyang (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · sv ändå (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · sv i alla fall (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · ca tot i així (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · de auch dann (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · sv trots det (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · sv likväl (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · it tuttavia (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · pl mimo tego, że (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · de dennoch (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · es aun así (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · pam andyang (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · it ciononostante (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · grc καὶ ὡς (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · gl aínda así (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · de selbst dann (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · fr quand même (in spite of the preceding remark or facts) · cmn 即使這樣 /即使这样 (in spite of the preceding remark or facts)